I&#39;m actally not sure why Eleanor gets the credit in this version.  The closest I can find to the actual quote is the following:    &quot;Yesterday is history.  Tomorrow is a mystery.  And today?  Today is a gift.  That&#39;s why we call it the present.&quot;  ~Babatunde Olatunji, a similar version is also attributed to Alice Morse Earle.  And then there&#39;s Kung Fu Panda...